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voting laws may deter 10 million hispanics. it is a civil rights group the advancement project that came out talking about the potential impact of all of the various efforts in particularly states where there is a big latino population. is that related to this voter i.d. or you know, what other forms, attempts of voter suppression. >> it is related to voter i.d. but we're seeing a lot of other techniques. so in florida, they made it very, very hard to do voter registration drives, the paperwork requirements were very ominous and it was a crime if you didn't comply with them. most organizations including the league of women voters decide they didn't want to play. that law was struck down by a federal court but it did a lot of damage while it was in effect. you're seeing attempts to take away people's ability to vote early so we've got -- took early voting starting in iowa in places like ohio and florida. you're seeing laws passed to reduce the number of states where early voting can happen. that does have an impact, like i said,
voting laws may deter 10 million hispanics. it is a civil rights group the advancement project that came out talking about the potential impact of all of the various efforts in particularly states where there is a big latino population. is that related to this voter i.d. or you know, what other forms, attempts of voter suppression. >> it is related to voter i.d. but we're seeing a lot of other techniques. so in florida, they made it very, very hard to do voter registration drives, the...
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and there's no law that says the airlines can't do this. i'm not sure i want a law to say the airlines can do this. i just wish there was some sort of consumer police. maybe this new consumer protection finance bureau could get into this. >> not a bad idea. >> bill: maybe elizabeth warren! when she's in the united states senate will be able to do something about this. >> maybe other airlines can take a look at what southwest is doing and like virgin america, i know they don't fly that many places but they don't charge for checked bags. >> bill: somewhere there ought to be a rule that if you don't get something for that dollar, then you don't have to pay that dollar. and you don't get anything for that $150 that you're paying. you know. it's -- well, we're sticking with the airlines. but the other thing that really bugs me is with the atm machines now, when you use an atm that's not your bank. they charge you $3. i've seen more than $3 for those fees. so maybe we'll have to start here on the "full court press." a consumer hot line. >> oh, no
and there's no law that says the airlines can't do this. i'm not sure i want a law to say the airlines can do this. i just wish there was some sort of consumer police. maybe this new consumer protection finance bureau could get into this. >> not a bad idea. >> bill: maybe elizabeth warren! when she's in the united states senate will be able to do something about this. >> maybe other airlines can take a look at what southwest is doing and like virgin america, i know they don't...
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texas was the first mandatory ultrasound law. in texas, it is still required that a woman -- experience nonmedically necessary ultrasound via a vaginal wand. it is the one thing that -- did not pass in virginia. >> bill: that was passed in texas? i didn't know that. >> yes. it flew under the radar screen. yeah. and -- >> bill: thank you rick perry. >> exactly. when it came to virginia, it suddenly broke through the public consciousness. i think it was as if there was this noise noise noise and then -- >> bill: bob mcdonnell had to back away from it. congress comes back tomorrow. the big issue they're talking about is how to avoid the fiscal cliff. what are the implications here for women? >> well, if we buy into the nonsense about the fiscal cliff and everybody inside the belt -- >> bill: you think dough this? >> it is clearly not real. i'll tell you why. what we really -- obviously over a long period of time, we need to balance the federal budget. conservatives have -- have created a situation where the budget is badly out of ba
texas was the first mandatory ultrasound law. in texas, it is still required that a woman -- experience nonmedically necessary ultrasound via a vaginal wand. it is the one thing that -- did not pass in virginia. >> bill: that was passed in texas? i didn't know that. >> yes. it flew under the radar screen. yeah. and -- >> bill: thank you rick perry. >> exactly. when it came to virginia, it suddenly broke through the public consciousness. i think it was as if there was...
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in 2000, they broke the law to suppress the vote. this year, they're using the law to suppress it. >> bill: hmm. yeah. this takes us back not to the poll tax but to some things that resemble it. >> that's precisely right. let's keep in mind, back then, they said look, we had to have a poll tax because a man who couldn't afford to pay the poll tax -- his vote could be bought. they said we had to exclude women from voting because each man -- who was married would have two votes. i think probably reversing the reality inside of most homes. so they always have a -- so-called reason for doing this. this time, they're saying look, we've gotta have strict photo i.d. because the reality is that people could impersonate voters. well, the reality is that people don't. you know in pennsylvania, we took them into court and the state was forced to admit on the stand that no -- no one had ever prosecuted anybody of voter fraud. they never even investigated a case. there was no credible complaint in the history of the state. we've seen this in stat
in 2000, they broke the law to suppress the vote. this year, they're using the law to suppress it. >> bill: hmm. yeah. this takes us back not to the poll tax but to some things that resemble it. >> that's precisely right. let's keep in mind, back then, they said look, we had to have a poll tax because a man who couldn't afford to pay the poll tax -- his vote could be bought. they said we had to exclude women from voting because each man -- who was married would have two votes. i...
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by law, they cannot be a profit-making organization. so it's gotta exist on the moneys that come in and what they did you start in 1970, the salaries that the postal employees make have tracked inflation. they haven't gone up any greater than inflation which is good for the employees. it is good for the american people. the product that we sell, the postage starch, the postage stamp has tracked well below inflation. in other words give you an example when the stamps were a nickel and newspapers were a nickel stamps were 25 cents and newspapers were 25. we're at 45 now and most newspapers are now $1.50. something like that. so we have tracked well below inflation in the same type of information media that the newspapers are in. now i think it has been great for the american people. now if you look at the other countries around the world like a germany which is very small compared to the united states, their postage rates are 78 cents. and you have to remember in germany, because they're a socialist nation, the postal service is not sappe
by law, they cannot be a profit-making organization. so it's gotta exist on the moneys that come in and what they did you start in 1970, the salaries that the postal employees make have tracked inflation. they haven't gone up any greater than inflation which is good for the employees. it is good for the american people. the product that we sell, the postage starch, the postage stamp has tracked well below inflation. in other words give you an example when the stamps were a nickel and newspapers...
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doesn't obama know -- i mean suppression laws are going on. we're out here fighting for him. >> bill: voter suppression. never mentioned that. >> caller: i.d. laws. we're fighting on the ground for him and he comes not ready to play. he should have said a b c d. where was the boxing going on? >> bill: you know, he knows his stuff. you know he knows this stuff. you know he was frustrated last night. i don't know why he didn't -- maybe he felt he couldn't engage but you know, i thought he had to. we wanted him to. >> caller: he was campaigning too much. maybe he needed three days to lay down and relax. maybe he's been doing too much. >> bill: i don't know. but they spent two days in henderson, nevada with john kerry preparing for this debate. i guess -- as i said before the break, maybe hiring john kerry as his debate coach was the first mistake. lee in los angeles. what do you say? >> caller: hi, bill press. i've been with you here in california. >> bill: we had some good days out there lee. >> caller: we did. you know what, bill? i didn't unde
doesn't obama know -- i mean suppression laws are going on. we're out here fighting for him. >> bill: voter suppression. never mentioned that. >> caller: i.d. laws. we're fighting on the ground for him and he comes not ready to play. he should have said a b c d. where was the boxing going on? >> bill: you know, he knows his stuff. you know he knows this stuff. you know he was frustrated last night. i don't know why he didn't -- maybe he felt he couldn't engage but you know, i...
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that is the law of the land pretty much now. they're trying to define themselves away because when caught, they don't want to look like -- they have to have an excuse for this no exception rule. wait until they deal with the word incest. how about a 10-year-old raped by a father. >> bill: depends on whether it is forcible or not. >> right. >> bill: i want to say hello quickly to mike from kansas city. hi mike. >> caller: hi, eleanor and crew. yes, i'm from kansas city. i want to say i called all of my representatives the other day and said tar and feather that -- take him out of our state and our country. i was so offended. but what i want to draw is a religious parallel. these guys are supposed to be religious and all of this stuff. well yeah, maybe in the old testament. i look at it as a love, hate, good, evil because the old testament i thought was hate and all of that. what are they trying to do? take this to the taliban level of thinking? where it is hey stone the woman because she was raped. >> bill: mike, just on that poi
that is the law of the land pretty much now. they're trying to define themselves away because when caught, they don't want to look like -- they have to have an excuse for this no exception rule. wait until they deal with the word incest. how about a 10-year-old raped by a father. >> bill: depends on whether it is forcible or not. >> right. >> bill: i want to say hello quickly to mike from kansas city. hi mike. >> caller: hi, eleanor and crew. yes, i'm from kansas city. i...
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i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong argument since we all agree that we should not raise tax cuts on the middle class, let's do something we all agree on and give people making under $250,000 a year a tax break this year. do you think it has a prayer in this republican-led congress? >> no. because the idea logic of a republican party -- i started in politics 40 years ago. i ran for state legislator and the year i ran for the first time as a democrat for the massachusetts legislature, i was a public supporter of a public incentive for re-election. i didn't agree with him on all of the issues. he was a reasonable moderate -- >> bill: you pub
i don't think that should hold up the law. at least they've got a personal involvement. what reason can you have to deny two people in love these benefits and it is not economic because it has a negligent effect on the economy. >> bill: congressman barney frank our guest in studio on this tuesday edition of the "full court press." congressman, yesterday president obama in the east room of the white house announcing his plan asking congress -- i thought made a very strong...
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every police department, they decide what laws they enforce and what laws they don't. what are you going to spend money on? what are you going to spend time on? they should not spend time on pot -- chasing pot users in colorado or washington. the people have spoken. >> the voters agree with you. they've had their say. >> bill: all right. by the way president obama who is a former -- i'll give him former -- >> former pothead for the president. >> bill: he knows that smoking pot is not a dangerous practice. all right. we're still on our central question about i think the president decided and i helped, with your help, reinforce that last night. i think he's decided to hold the line, to let the country go over the cliff. to let all of the tax rates go up rather than give the 2% a special, continued bonus. there is some risk involved is. it worth taking that risk. charlie is down in boynton beach, florida. good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill. first off merry christmas to you. >> bill: early merry christmas back at you. not so early. i've been to three holiday parti
every police department, they decide what laws they enforce and what laws they don't. what are you going to spend money on? what are you going to spend time on? they should not spend time on pot -- chasing pot users in colorado or washington. the people have spoken. >> the voters agree with you. they've had their say. >> bill: all right. by the way president obama who is a former -- i'll give him former -- >> former pothead for the president. >> bill: he knows that...
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that's against federal law. does the. >> obama: administration -- does the obama administration respect those two state measures? >> bill, i appreciate the question. the department of justice has said that they are reviewing these ballot initiatives to which you refer and i would direct you to them for updates. >> bill: in other words i'm not going to answer that question. so of course i followed through saying don't try to pawn it off on the department of justice. obama's the one that makes the decision. >> bill: the direction will come from the white house whether this is worth the justice department's time and resources. >> the lead law enforcement agency. as the justice department has made clear its enforcement of the control substance act remains unchanged. in enacting the controlled substances act marijuana is a schedule i controlled substance. the president -- in at least a couple of interviews over the course of this year was asked about this. you can find his views in those interviews. >> bill: if you r
that's against federal law. does the. >> obama: administration -- does the obama administration respect those two state measures? >> bill, i appreciate the question. the department of justice has said that they are reviewing these ballot initiatives to which you refer and i would direct you to them for updates. >> bill: in other words i'm not going to answer that question. so of course i followed through saying don't try to pawn it off on the department of justice. obama's the...
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your friend nancy pelosi predicted a 6-3 upholding of the law. do you concur? do you feel confident that this roberts court is going to uphold the healthcare reform law? >> here's my guess. we may have a bad decision in arizona on immigration and a good decision on healthcare. i think it would really be a historic -- i don't know deviation perhaps from the law if the supreme court decided to completely overturn this massive and landmark legislation. and so i do -- i certainly don't know the numbers or wouldn't predict the numbers but i do think that the fundamental bill would be upheld. even if -- i think even if they were to overrule the mandate that we absolutely could move forward -- >> how would that work though? >> you know, medicare does not have a mandate. but everybody gets on at least part a of medicare which is the hospitalization even if they have like i do, an employer insurance. if i didn't sign up for medicare part a when i turned 65, it goes up as time goes by. and so it becomes -- there is an incentive and everybody signs up right away. so there
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they have passed several laws that july in obama sued ohio to stop those laws from taking effect. now romney is claiming the president wants to stop military members from voting. here is why: under ohio's new laws only civilians would the have voting rights restricted. military members would have rights to early vote. they want to maintain those voting rights. whether or not ohio repeels those laws military members will see no change in their voting rights. in the romney victory effort is announcing new fundraising totals. romney for president, romney victory and the republican national committee raised $101.3 million in july. we are still waiting to hear obama's numbers. here is a little excitement to start out your week: nasa safely landed curios it on mars, a car-powered robot powered by plutonium. here are the first few images. curiosity will look for new signs of early life on mars. coming up on full-court press, jonathan allen of politico with the latest on the tea party, and as always, we are live in chat current.com/bill press. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, d
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that program is based on a law that was response orders by senator sam nunn and is aimed a lot of weapons of mass destruction in former soviet union states. he will talk about the progress in the specific area of national defense. and the election was nearly a month ago, but many states are still tallying their ballots. the united states election project is gathering some of that data and as found 28 states are reporting their official and final results. according to that samples size 59% of eligible voters cast their ballots this november and in nevada .6% voted for none of the above in the presidential race. >> that's the only state allowing that option. be right back. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that th
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will the obama campaign apologize for suggesting that mitt romney broke the law and john stanton new washington bureau chief for "buzzfeed" will be here in studio with us as well. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines making news, president obama got booed at the team u.s.a. versus brazil exhibition game -- basketball exhibition game in washington last night not for his politics but when caught on the kiss cam, on the jumbotron, he did not kiss his wife. later in the game, they gave him an opportunity to do it over and he didn't -- he didn't kiss anyone. shrugged off the camera. later in the game, they did give him a do-over opportunity, he kissed the first lady on the lips and on the forehead and then the crowd went wild. >> that's the way to do it. >> come on mr. president. >> sabotage at the tour de france. somebody threw tacks across the road on the steepest climb. caused about 30 competing riders to blow tires. one even crashed. he was not seriously injured though. the a. p. reports french police are investigating the incident. it is
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law squashed by a judge. one good attempt to get rid of this attempt to suppress the vote in state after state on the part of republicans. but the big news remains down in tampa. last night unbelievably turning the stage over to geriatric clint eastwood then mitt romney got up to accept the nomination. he proved once and for all that mitt romney has nothing to say. mitt romney has nothing to offer. he just hates barack obama. oh man! we'll cover it. every which way here on the "full court press" this morning. but first, we start off as always getting the latest, today's current news update with lisa ferguson standing by in los angeles. hey, lisa, good morning. >> hi, bill. good morning everyone. well yep plenty to talk about after last night's convention wrap-up. so let's start out with one of the most popular trending topics this morning. the internet community is still reveling in clint eastwood's bizarre ramblings to an empty chair. in case you missed it, here's a look. >> so, mr. president, how do you han
law squashed by a judge. one good attempt to get rid of this attempt to suppress the vote in state after state on the part of republicans. but the big news remains down in tampa. last night unbelievably turning the stage over to geriatric clint eastwood then mitt romney got up to accept the nomination. he proved once and for all that mitt romney has nothing to say. mitt romney has nothing to offer. he just hates barack obama. oh man! we'll cover it. every which way here on the "full court...
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they have hired the same law firm for all of these negotiations and the law firm has a strategy. that says we are not going to negotiate in good faith. we're going to violate u.s. labor law and push toward the lockout from the very beginning. it is the worst access of corporate america at large on american sports. >> bill: then comes to the surface like it did last night with that call, right and as you point out unbelievable scene of two refs, side by side giving the exact opposite call. i mean doesn't it reach a point where the public is just going to demand that the owners, you know, do the right thing here? >> i hope that's right bill. my fear though is that even if you had a million two million ten million nfl fans turn away from the product it wouldn't make even a microdent into what's going on here because so much of the profits for nfl owners is paid up-front whether it's through stadium subsidies or billion dollar television deals with multiple major networks. so it doesn't make a dent that we would hope. what would make a dent, we do organize ten million fans and not ma
they have hired the same law firm for all of these negotiations and the law firm has a strategy. that says we are not going to negotiate in good faith. we're going to violate u.s. labor law and push toward the lockout from the very beginning. it is the worst access of corporate america at large on american sports. >> bill: then comes to the surface like it did last night with that call, right and as you point out unbelievable scene of two refs, side by side giving the exact opposite call....
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law passed. it is going to be on the ballot. i tell people this may be the last time you get to vote if you don't vote now! you gotta vote to defeat this thing and we've gotta -- and what we're up against bill, is we're up against assumptions. about voter fraud which really doesn't exist as you pointed out. we're up against assumptions by many people that you know, hey most people have an i.d., don't they? and we've gotta help people understand no, a lot of people don't have i.d.s. a lot of people, older people born at home, here's the interesting thing. the conservatives say well, the i.d. will be presented free. you will be able to get a free i.d. but the documents you need to get the i.d. are not free. by the way this hits women harder because a lot of women who got married and taken on their husband's name don't have i.d. in their new name. they only have it in their maiden name so if you haven't converted over and switched every document to your husband's name if that's your choice, you might find yourself not voting. this
law passed. it is going to be on the ballot. i tell people this may be the last time you get to vote if you don't vote now! you gotta vote to defeat this thing and we've gotta -- and what we're up against bill, is we're up against assumptions. about voter fraud which really doesn't exist as you pointed out. we're up against assumptions by many people that you know, hey most people have an i.d., don't they? and we've gotta help people understand no, a lot of people don't have i.d.s. a lot of...
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it's a big law. it had big objectives and people who designed it felt it had to change the healthcare system in a lot of ways that were related and overlapping in order to accomplish all of the goals. the downside is that plic indicated policy is differenticult to explain. >> i will ask you a complicated, difficult question. >> that's one of the things the supreme court could conceivably do is they will strike down not the entire thing but just parts of it. explain which parts do you think might be vulnerable and how that impacts healthcare for most americans. >> sure. i think there are twoling scenarios. one is there is this individual mandate, the requirement that everyone either carry some type of health insurance or pay a fee to the federal government. there is this argument that, you know, it's not constitutional to require people to purchase insurance. so that's the first question before the court is: will this provision hold up? if the court says no, they could decide, okay. we are just going
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and they actually refused to repeal the law which i felt was a very good sign. and shows that people really believe this is about equal rights and opportunity for all americans. >> bill: which is interesting coming from new hampshire because new hampshire has the reputation of being maybe because of the manchester union a pretty conservative state. >> i think a lot of people misread new hampshire's conservatism. fiscally, we are very conservative. we believe in balanced budgets and only spending what you have. but socially, we're libertarian. we think that couples should be able to do what they want in their own homes and in their own bedrooms and the government should stay out of it. >> do you also think that the fact that they weren't able to -- the repeal movement didn't gain much steam, the fact that they had a chance -- people have had a chance to live with it. it wasn't quite as radical or explosive or destructive as they thought it might be? >> i think so. everybody predicted that the repeal was going to pass. so it was a real surprise when it was defeate
and they actually refused to repeal the law which i felt was a very good sign. and shows that people really believe this is about equal rights and opportunity for all americans. >> bill: which is interesting coming from new hampshire because new hampshire has the reputation of being maybe because of the manchester union a pretty conservative state. >> i think a lot of people misread new hampshire's conservatism. fiscally, we are very conservative. we believe in balanced budgets and...
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people you turn to washington to run the country and make the laws in the country. >> no. absolutely. your first point, jerome, i have to tell you that's why they are mad at todd akin not because they think he is wrong. again, one more time they have just adopted his very same policy as the official policy now of the republican party. they are mad at him because he let the cat out of the bag. they are mad at him because he said publically what they have all been trying to do. he has exposed the republican party's war on women. they are going to go into tampa next week and be the anti-woman anti-human being as far as i am concerned policy and the party of pure pure hypocracy. and nobody more hypocritical on this issue than mitt romney and paul ryan. >> this is "the bill press show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] in on full court press with bill press. >> he caved on the public option, he caved on the bush tax cuts, the guy has caved so many times there are miners trapped inside of him. (vo) this thursday and friday morning starting at 6 eastern. you want to save money on car insu
people you turn to washington to run the country and make the laws in the country. >> no. absolutely. your first point, jerome, i have to tell you that's why they are mad at todd akin not because they think he is wrong. again, one more time they have just adopted his very same policy as the official policy now of the republican party. they are mad at him because he let the cat out of the bag. they are mad at him because he said publically what they have all been trying to do. he has...
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won't even touch them by law. and so -- and then there are a number of problems with how they're counting. just on friday, the secretary of state put out an order that says the i.d. that you have to show to get a provisional ballot, you do have to show some kind of i.d., it's the voter's responsibility to fill out that part of the provisional ballot affidavit correctly. if they don't, you have to throw out the vote. now, under state law it says that's the election -- poll workers duty and there is a lot of -- >> somebody who during the course of an election, even if they get the first couple wrong they're doing is it so often they're going to be a pro halfway through the morning. >> it is unclear how many provisional ballots that could end up invalidating. it is already the subject of a court hearing voting rights advocates have filed suit on this. they did it late friday. and they're going to have the hearing on wednesday. hopefully this will all be moot because we'll have a clear winner tonight. but there is, in
won't even touch them by law. and so -- and then there are a number of problems with how they're counting. just on friday, the secretary of state put out an order that says the i.d. that you have to show to get a provisional ballot, you do have to show some kind of i.d., it's the voter's responsibility to fill out that part of the provisional ballot affidavit correctly. if they don't, you have to throw out the vote. now, under state law it says that's the election -- poll workers duty and there...
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said that nsa had conducted surveillance on billions of domestic phone calls in violation of federal law and the constitution. these whistle blowers were not radical or hotheaded. they had over half a century of combined government service among them and possessed the bearing of 19 50's fbi agents. when they spoke i believed them. also on that program congressman congressman ed markie talked about phone companies giving private customer information to law enforcement without any warrant, subpoena, or evident evidentiary hearing. now twitter is being ordered to produce all its mentions from an occupy wall street protester the activist him himselfic was told he could not object to his own tweets being turned over. privacy can disappear. every key stroke, phone call and movement leaves electronic fingerprints that can be traced. every cell phone is gps device, and every google can be stored for posterity. should government track our movements? should private parties be able to sell our data searches? are federal data agencies willfully ignoring privacy standards that once formed the basis o
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the labor laws of our country are completely unenforceable. a study by cornell university showed that one out of every five workers who seeks to organize a union in her or his workplace gets fired and the average length -- >> bill: gets fired? for organizing. >> which is illegal. but any kind of a remedy -- it takes several years if the employer wants to resist. during the several years the workers out of the workplace. the chilling effect is quite extraordinary. that's part of the equation. on the other hand, the labor movement -- we in the labor movement have to look ourselves in the mirror. our institutions were basically formed in an earlier era of technology and like every human institution in the 21st century, we've gotta figure out how best to adapt our goals and our mission to the kind of economy and the kind of society that we're in now. and that's a difficult thing to do. i have enormous confidence that the labor movement will be able to make those adaptations. i think any human institution that doesn't is kaput. but i'm actually ver
the labor laws of our country are completely unenforceable. a study by cornell university showed that one out of every five workers who seeks to organize a union in her or his workplace gets fired and the average length -- >> bill: gets fired? for organizing. >> which is illegal. but any kind of a remedy -- it takes several years if the employer wants to resist. during the several years the workers out of the workplace. the chilling effect is quite extraordinary. that's part of the...
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. >> bill: the earned income tax credit signed into law by gerald ford in march 19 -- '75 i think. >> that sounds right. right in that window there. and expanded by reagan and expanded again by bill clinton. well this is mitt romney trying to reach out to the far right. even though we're more than a month away from the election. it is just astounding to me. it doesn't sound sincere. it sounds to me like this is back in may. it sounds like romney was testing out lines with the right-wingers he wanted to reach in the wake of being pummeled by newt gingrich and other republican candidates. >> bill: clarence page with us. you can follow his work at chicagotribune.com or follow him at twitter at ct time. clarence, here is my question. is mitt romney one of the 47%? [ laughter ] >> he's part of the 47% that isn't likely to vote for barack obama. >> bill: but if you define it -- as people who don't pay federal income tax. we know he paid 13% in one year. that's all we know. >> he's talking about people getting government benefits and feeling entitled. he feels entitled to it. but call up the
. >> bill: the earned income tax credit signed into law by gerald ford in march 19 -- '75 i think. >> that sounds right. right in that window there. and expanded by reagan and expanded again by bill clinton. well this is mitt romney trying to reach out to the far right. even though we're more than a month away from the election. it is just astounding to me. it doesn't sound sincere. it sounds to me like this is back in may. it sounds like romney was testing out lines with the...
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it is only 11-19 people by law. so by executive order, it is limited to 11 to 19 individuals selected every year which means it is a very small group. so you may have a thousand applicants come through and through a three-tier process which goes through alumni which are both democrats and republicans and civic leaders in various cities around the country then it goes to the president's commission. you have three different components to get through. >> bill: so the alumni screen them first and then civic leaders around the country right? >> correct. and then the president's commission which is appointed by the sitting president. so john phillips was appointed by president obama. but the goal is to have both republicans and democrats sit on that commission. and people at such a high level they would never choose based on politics but they're choosing based on talent. >> bill: what is the average age of the -- i've always been surprised that -- we're talking white house. we're not talking kids who just graduated from h
it is only 11-19 people by law. so by executive order, it is limited to 11 to 19 individuals selected every year which means it is a very small group. so you may have a thousand applicants come through and through a three-tier process which goes through alumni which are both democrats and republicans and civic leaders in various cities around the country then it goes to the president's commission. you have three different components to get through. >> bill: so the alumni screen them first...
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as law scholar adam winkler said the founding fathers instituted gung laws so intrusive that were they running for office today the nra would not endorse them. adam winkler joins us now to flesh out the one-dimensional view of history that has guided, unfortunately, our politics. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: let's begin with the nra. you wrote this remarkable article, and then the book lays out the deevolution of the nra and gun control. early on they fully embraced gun control, tell us about that. >> that's right. it was not always the no-compromise that we know today. in the 1930s the nra were in front of the gun control movement drafting laws that restricted the carrying of concealed firearms, and laws that now challenge the second amendment. >> eliot: you alluded that they supported a law that required that no one carry concealed weapon in public without a permit. they supported a two-day waiting period before you could buy a handgun which was the waiting period, one of the things that is too radical for the president to propose right now. and req
as law scholar adam winkler said the founding fathers instituted gung laws so intrusive that were they running for office today the nra would not endorse them. adam winkler joins us now to flesh out the one-dimensional view of history that has guided, unfortunately, our politics. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: let's begin with the nra. you wrote this remarkable article, and then the book lays out the deevolution of the nra and gun control. early on...
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obamacare is the law of the land. he fought against that very hard. he fought against reproductive rights. he fought against gay rights. he fought against immigrant rights and coming out of this election, you had marriage quality and a rebuke to todd aiken, the senator who spoke about legitimate rape a man senator demint stood with and senator demint as your listeners know was called "senator tea party." the tea party brand is under stress. it's a moment when i think mr. demint is out in the wilderness. it's true that the right-wing has gone into the wilderness after defeat wing has gone into the wilderness after defeat. but the ideas are so unpopular. surveys after sur vades say voters want fair taxes on the rich not these problems like social security medicare and medicaid cut. what's he going to be? it may be rush limbaugh's favorite foundation, but that's not going to do a lot at this moment with this discredited brand. >> well i am very fascinated by the underpinnings of the heritage foundation. we understanding demind is going to make a million
obamacare is the law of the land. he fought against that very hard. he fought against reproductive rights. he fought against gay rights. he fought against immigrant rights and coming out of this election, you had marriage quality and a rebuke to todd aiken, the senator who spoke about legitimate rape a man senator demint stood with and senator demint as your listeners know was called "senator tea party." the tea party brand is under stress. it's a moment when i think mr. demint is out...
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marylanders can be proud of standing up and saying yes marriage equality is -- should be the law of the land. we're going to start it right here in maryland. >> you're absolutely right. the two issues, also the dream act. >> bill: thank you. >> showed its progressive cues that every person's rights should be protected. you need to remove all forms of discrimination. so we were very proud. very proud of marylanders. i tell you they came out in droves in order to vote and they waited in line a long time. some people waited as long as five hours to vote. they wanted to make sure they got their vote recorded for president obama but also for marriage equality and the dream act. >> bill: absolutely. so senator, on the senate, i mean -- i don't have to tell you, a couple of years ago everybody was saying -- oh, man! 33 seats up, 23 are democratic. democrats are going to be lucky if they can hold on and most likely, they're going to lose control of the senate. it turned out to be just the opposite. two independents moving up from 53 to 55. what happened? >> you're absolutely right. the 23 seats
marylanders can be proud of standing up and saying yes marriage equality is -- should be the law of the land. we're going to start it right here in maryland. >> you're absolutely right. the two issues, also the dream act. >> bill: thank you. >> showed its progressive cues that every person's rights should be protected. you need to remove all forms of discrimination. so we were very proud. very proud of marylanders. i tell you they came out in droves in order to vote and they...
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driving off a fiscal cliff has nothing to do with two women running away from the law. it's about fiscal policy but what exactly does it mean? and while we're on the subject of wonky economic terms, what a credit downgrade sequestration and debt ceiling. coming to us with easy to understand answers to complicated issues is mark zandi. he is the author of new book "paying the price - ending the great recession and beginning a new american century." mark welcome back inside "the war room". >> i feel like i have to take a test. what is going on? >> you are going to do some splaining for us. >> i thought my test days were over. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: let me get to an issue from today. because we have issue -- we have an issue with today's housing numbers. according to any -- the national association of realtors sales jumped last month. and according to the commerce department construction of single-family homes jumped. so are we finally recovering from this housing bust? >> yeah. the housing crash is over. housing is improving. the numbers are still low by historical sta
driving off a fiscal cliff has nothing to do with two women running away from the law. it's about fiscal policy but what exactly does it mean? and while we're on the subject of wonky economic terms, what a credit downgrade sequestration and debt ceiling. coming to us with easy to understand answers to complicated issues is mark zandi. he is the author of new book "paying the price - ending the great recession and beginning a new american century." mark welcome back inside "the...
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the end of the debate that assault weapons are perfectly -- are already -- we don't need any new you laws because assault weapons are illegal in this country. dead wrong. right? the assault weapons ban expired in 2004. >> this is extraordinary. they are legal. they are legal. >> bill: don't you think he ought to know that? he banned them by the way as governor of massachusetts. >> i think he does know that. he either doesn't know or he does know and it is a question of is it a lie or is it ignorance? and i don't know which. i really don't know which. >> bill: he also -- pretending, of course, now to be the champion of women. >> yes. >> bill: we talked about the binders of women which turned out to be a lie. he also said he thinks that every woman in -- every american woman should have access to contraception and yet he supported the blunt amendment which -- lost in the senate fortunately but which would have said that employers will make the decision as to whether their women employees get access to contraceptives. >> aren't they trying to clarify that now a little bit? >> bill: in what s
the end of the debate that assault weapons are perfectly -- are already -- we don't need any new you laws because assault weapons are illegal in this country. dead wrong. right? the assault weapons ban expired in 2004. >> this is extraordinary. they are legal. they are legal. >> bill: don't you think he ought to know that? he banned them by the way as governor of massachusetts. >> i think he does know that. he either doesn't know or he does know and it is a question of is it a...
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you want us to believe you weren't taking advantage of the law to hide your wealth and to avoid paying taxes just release your tax returns. that's what president obama has done and vice president biden and every other presidential candidate. mitt romney ought to do the same. gerald is calling from tampa, florida. hey, gerald, are you down there with the convention? >> yeah but fortunately i'm in a northern suburb and haven't had to deal with that. i have to tell you the fact that that we were getting ready to have a hurricane here in tampa for a bit during the republican convention is making me reevaluate mayate atheism. >> bill: you think god has a message for the republicans? >> caller: i was very amused by the fact that when we thought it was going to hit tampa and you know, these things are very hard to forget. ahead of the republican national convention. i'm sorry i can't remember his name. was quoted on our local news station as saying we're not worried about it because fema will take care of it. >> bill: oh, really? >> caller: i was appalled! >> bill: seriously they cut fema the
you want us to believe you weren't taking advantage of the law to hide your wealth and to avoid paying taxes just release your tax returns. that's what president obama has done and vice president biden and every other presidential candidate. mitt romney ought to do the same. gerald is calling from tampa, florida. hey, gerald, are you down there with the convention? >> yeah but fortunately i'm in a northern suburb and haven't had to deal with that. i have to tell you the fact that that we...
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obama was a lecturer at the law school. mrs. obama was an executive there. the daughters went to the school. close friend of the couple was the chairman of the board. we could go on and on and on. even susan is an executive there now. and their donor community, some of them are on or have been on the board and their house is near campus. >> bill: it is a great university. >> david axelrod is launching his own institute of politics there formerly opens in january. so it would seem that if there's going to be -- if you're going to put it anywhere, this is the most logical place to put it. but obama also told jonathan alter in his book on the first year that he was even thinking of maybe a virtual library but there's going to be a brick and mortar place someplace. it may not be the scale of the kennedy library or clinton but it is interesting that now we know the timetable. we know the unveiling. this breaks out in the open more. i bet obama will not look forward to the massive fund raising that goes along with these places. >> bill: i want to put in my pitch,
obama was a lecturer at the law school. mrs. obama was an executive there. the daughters went to the school. close friend of the couple was the chairman of the board. we could go on and on and on. even susan is an executive there now. and their donor community, some of them are on or have been on the board and their house is near campus. >> bill: it is a great university. >> david axelrod is launching his own institute of politics there formerly opens in january. so it would seem...
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. >> i don't happen to believe that america needs new gun laws. a lot of what this young man did was clearly against the law. >> word salad. yadda, yadda yadda. >> somebody was able to get off a hundred rounds in the 90 seconds it took the police to record. >> and how lucky the police were able to get there -- >> yeah when do you get that kind of response? >> not here. >> yeah, there are people living in south central that are going what? >> try 90 days. >> yeah. denise in north carolina you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> hi. how are you guys doing? >> good. go ahead. >> good. okay. i wanted to make a comment about the company bain and also mitt romney's comment that a company is people too. i once asked a ceo, who makes up the company? who is the company? and he told me the stock owners. so looking at bain, the only stockholder they had was mitt romney. >> right. >> so how is he not involved if that is his company. >> yeah, that's what i'm saying it doesn't pass the laugh test from a normal person. >> yes. >> goodness and niceness are goo
. >> i don't happen to believe that america needs new gun laws. a lot of what this young man did was clearly against the law. >> word salad. yadda, yadda yadda. >> somebody was able to get off a hundred rounds in the 90 seconds it took the police to record. >> and how lucky the police were able to get there -- >> yeah when do you get that kind of response? >> not here. >> yeah, there are people living in south central that are going what? >> try...
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it's a simple state law. they're changing their current winner take all rules to a national popular vote and ute utilizing their state power to make sure the citizens in their state are relevant to the campaigns and elections and that their counts equally. >> jennifer: wouldn't you have to get all 50 states to agree. >> no, you need just enough states to join the compact to equal the 270 electoral votes. it's important to know that at that point when the compact triggers into effect each state who has joined the compact agree to join their state of electors to all 50 states. they're not just awarding their electors on who joins the compact. it's based on the national popular vote. >> jennifer: fascinating stuff laura brad. thank you so much to join us in the war room to explain that maybe it's a possibility. up next before we spend the next four days gritting our teeth we're going to send you into the weekend with a little bit of a laugh. this is the war room, and it's onlylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylyly
it's a simple state law. they're changing their current winner take all rules to a national popular vote and ute utilizing their state power to make sure the citizens in their state are relevant to the campaigns and elections and that their counts equally. >> jennifer: wouldn't you have to get all 50 states to agree. >> no, you need just enough states to join the compact to equal the 270 electoral votes. it's important to know that at that point when the compact triggers into effect...
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. >> i understand that's also against the law. the cops are supposed to tell you to disperse first before they start arresting. >> yes, they said that they had been--they were--there was an initial march and the attempts of an unused vacant former convention center, and they regrouped and throughout the evening until protesters reached the ymca cops were following them and issuing dispersal orders on several occasions. an officer in line arresting a protester ahead of where i was in line waiting to get booked said that you know he asked me when did you get here? i said, 1:30 but i'm with the media. hehe said, we were entering dispersal orders all day. you shouldn't be here. as if journalists don't have the right to witness what is happening. >> why did they start arresting people in the first place? that was well before the city hall clash. why the arrests going on? >> well, it was announced ahead of schedule by occupy oakland and they were intending to take over an unused building to turn into a social center with some workshops
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i recruited her in more ways than one to my law firm. karen was a professional worked as a nurse for nine years and then after that she -- we got married, and she walked away. she decided to stay home and raise her children but she didn't quit working obviously. raising seven children is a lot of work but she found time also, to be an author of two books. those books about really went to the heart of the family and something she knows a lot about. >> as rick santorum talks about his mom, we should let you know nbc is projecting mitt romney the winner in michigan. >> that's why rick santorum is speaking right now. he is coming up to make his concession. let him continue regailing us with stories of the santorum family. >> the feedback i get is you stay home. just cindy liz beth out. you will be just fine. so we have been very very blessed, very blessed with great role models for me as someone who goes out and does the job i am doing right now to balance the rigors of a campaign and trying to maintain a good and strong family. we all have
i recruited her in more ways than one to my law firm. karen was a professional worked as a nurse for nine years and then after that she -- we got married, and she walked away. she decided to stay home and raise her children but she didn't quit working obviously. raising seven children is a lot of work but she found time also, to be an author of two books. those books about really went to the heart of the family and something she knows a lot about. >> as rick santorum talks about his mom,...
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thank god for courts of law. later, wherever the republican nominee for president goes, brett ehrlich is sure to follow. >> i've got the voters of mitt romney sent to england you didn't see. probably because i sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. what's my secret for sunday lunch? my little helpers... and 100% natural french's yellow mustard. it has zero calories for me, and a taste my family loves. double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venture card. fly any airline, any flight, anytime. double miles you can actually use. what a coincidence? what's in your wallet? [ all screaming ] watch
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thank god for courts of law. later, wherever the republican nominee for president goes, brett ehrlich is sure to follow. >> i've got the voters of mitt romney sent to england you didn't see. probably because i was photo shopping. don't go away. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> i would say we have identified specifically the problem of-- >> jennifer: that's the sound of demonstrators in pennsylvania rallying against the state's controversial voter i.d. law which actually went on trial today. if this law is upheld more than 750,000 pennsylvania voters, voters who by the way are overwhelmingly democratic, they may be disenfranchised. you heard me right. almost 10% of the state's 8.2 million registered voters might lose their basic constitutional right. tonight i want to introduce you to some of the folks behind the statistics. this video of them comes to us court city of the aclu's website. meet 95-year-old ralola lee. she moved to philadelphia in 1957. she's been voting for decades even volunteering as a poll worker. but
thank god for courts of law. later, wherever the republican nominee for president goes, brett ehrlich is sure to follow. >> i've got the voters of mitt romney sent to england you didn't see. probably because i was photo shopping. don't go away. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> i would say we have identified specifically the problem of-- >> jennifer: that's the sound of demonstrators in pennsylvania rallying against the state's controversial voter i.d. law which actually went on...
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pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million minds. to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child will figure it out. find out more at connectamillionminds.com ♪ >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> hey here we go on friday. friday april 27th. good to see you today. this is the full court press. we are coming to you all the way across
pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. it takes people with real knowledge to build and maintain a race car. polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you...
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: people forget the citigroup travelers merger was done and by the way we'll get congress to pass a law to permit it. what we're doing now is i illegal but we own congress and they did what they were asked to do. >> eliot: you're the lawyer here there was an exception saying that you're allowed to temporarily do this until we get the entire congress make this merger legal. it's an extraordinary circumstance where we change the entire landscape of the american financial system to make this merger legal. then a decade and a half later he said, we shouldn't have done this. >> eliot: oops, my bad shocking absolutely remarkable. you're the banking guru, but i want to talk politics for the seconds that we have left. what does it do for mitt romney who is defending the structure that even sandy wyle and others are saying we got it wrong. >> everyone else in the civilized world saying too big to fail does not work. now we have the libor scandal where there is rampant price fixing. mitt romney's response is he goes to a fundraiser organized by bob diamond. he has not severed those ties. clearly
: people forget the citigroup travelers merger was done and by the way we'll get congress to pass a law to permit it. what we're doing now is i illegal but we own congress and they did what they were asked to do. >> eliot: you're the lawyer here there was an exception saying that you're allowed to temporarily do this until we get the entire congress make this merger legal. it's an extraordinary circumstance where we change the entire landscape of the american financial system to make this...